Immunolocalization of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, hexokinase, and carboxypeptidase Y in yeast cells at the ultrastructural level.

We have developed a simple and effective method to embed whole yeast cells in Lowicryl resins with excellent ultrastructural and antigenic preservation. Using affinity-purified antibodies eluted from electrophoretically separated proteins transferred to nitrocellulose, we have shown by immunoelectron microscopy that two glycolytic enzymes, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and hexokinase, are present in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Carboxypeptidase Y is localized in the yeast vacuole. These results agree with earlier localization studies based on subcellular fractionation.